Person
Mann, John Frederick (1819 - 1907)
- Born
- 16 December 1819
Lewisham, Kent, England - Died
- 7 September 1907
Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Explorer
Summary
John Mann was a member of Ludwig Leichhardt's second expedition to Port Essington 1846-1847 and worked for the Surveyor-General's Department of New South Wales 1848-1875.
Details
Chronology
- 1842
- Life event - Arrived in Sydney, Australia
- 1857
- Life event - Married Camilla Victoria Mitchell, daughter of Sir Thomas Mitchell
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1888
- Career event - Published: Eight Months with Dr. Leichhardt, in the years 1846-47
Related entries
Sibling
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- John Frederick Mann - Records, Uncatalogued MSS SET 244 and FM 4/3095; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- John Frederick Mann - Records, 1846 - 1847, Uncatalogued MSS SET 327; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Mitchell Family - Records, 1824 - 1855, ML MSS 731; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Mann, John F., Eight Months with Dr. Leichardt in the Years 1846-47 (Sydney: Turner & Henderson, 1888). Details
Book Sections
- Orlovich, Peter, 'Mann, John Frederick (1819-1907), explorer and surveyor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 202-203. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050231b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15821533. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93968917. Details
- 'Mann, John F (1819-1907)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-592089. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 October 2024
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